On a scale of 1 - 10, how disappointed are you so far with Stormblood news?

[jdnyc]

7
I just want more information before I pre-order.

[jdnyc]

An Expansion pack expands the content of a game, it doesn't completely rewrite the fundamental core of the game.

Tell that to Cataclysm.

An Expansion pack does whatever a dev team says it does and can realistically accomplish.

[Theodric]

If I'm honest? 5.

I'm excited about the expansion and I know I'm very likely to enjoy it. I did, however, expect to see updates to the character customisation. I'm also concerned that feedback isn't being given to the developers from this forum - enhanced customisation has been a frequent request here for quite some time now. That it wasn't on their radar at all is...troubling. There still hasn't been any resolution to the awful way in which the European maid/butler promotion was handled either. Am I expected to just stomach never gaining access to a specific mount and the butler attire simply because I live in a European country?

[AlphaDragoon]

0. Now if we're talking "how excited are you from 1/10"? 10.

Samurai being in the game and being a DPS, not a tank, was all I've wanted for four years since 1.0 launched. And they delivered. Not to mention the added surprise of going to Othard when I was sure this was going to be an Ala Mhigo only expansion. I'm more hyped than ever before.

[Naunet]

Complaints about mechanical things like loot lockouts or the basic core systems of the game in general got old 3 years ago though. An Expansion pack expands the content of a game, it doesn't completely rewrite the fundamental core of the game.

Actually, expansions are a GREAT time to rework game systems. For one, it gives you a long time to develop and expand on changes and ensure that it fits into the game as a whole. For another, releasing sweeping changes packaged into an expac adds value to purchasing the expansion - critical when prices are so high as it is. Rather than feeling like you're just being charged for a slightly larger than normal patch when you buy an expac, you feel as though you're paying into a dramatically better game.

It also provides great marketing opportunities to lure in lost or new players.

[Bacent]

0/10 - Can't get here soon enough~

1) We get to swim under water.
2) I will be buying the Tidus glamour outfit.
3) I will be laughing when I'm tanking and using my provoke macro that will just be 'AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!' and people potentially kick me.

I am not disappointed at all, I'm giddy for more lore/new classes/kicking ass, as well as using the huge wave of 'MUST PLAY DPS' to speed my Pld/Sch through the dungeons~

[Aerish]

0/100000000000000000000000000

[Berethos]

"They're disappointed in a stagnant design philosophy and a complete lack at any attempt at innovation. lolzz they're just salty hehe xd"

Please.

As opposed to throwing the baby out with the bath water every expansion, thus having to start all over with balance and fine tuning...only to do it again 2-3 years later?

Thanks, but no thanks. I'll take stability and iteration over that crap any day.

[Berethos]

Actually, expansions are a GREAT time to rework game systems.

Not if it's just for the sake of reworking the systems.

[Fumijj_Gah]

Umh, 5.

PRO:

'Revolution' by Uematsu seems another masterpiece: waiting for the full release.
SAM and RDM look pretty cool.
Far East seems great, love the art design.
Akihiko Yoshida seems involved in the dev. team again, somehow.

CONS:

No info about the new battle system.
No info about the new raid.
Too many glamour-related stuff an MMORPG player doesn't care about.
If they keep going with the same stuff (Tome and relic system especially) once again the game is literally dead already, considering how low are the numbers right now (with less than 200K active players overall)
Matsuno only doing a 24-man casual raid while he should easily replace Yoshi-P for good as director, unless he's on FF16 together with Itou.